US 8,457,480 B1 · Photography station

Abstract

A photography station operates to capture digital images of a subject with at least one digital camera. The photography station includes foreground lighting and background lighting. The foreground lighting is configured to illuminate the subject, while the background lighting is configured to illuminate a background. The photography station includes a computing device having a setup module operable to perform tests to check a configuration of the photography station, and a photography module operable to capture digital images of the subject with the digital camera. In some embodiments, the tests performed by the setup module include a plurality of initial checking operations and a plurality of background processing operations.

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Dependent claims

A method of checking a position of a subject in a digital image, the method comprising:

displaying a user interface including a preview window;
graphically identifying a region in the preview window, the region being associated with a range of permissible locations for a top of the subject's head;
displaying the subject in the preview window prior to capturing a first digital image to assist with properly positioning the subject within the region;
capturing the first digital image of the subject with a digital camera;
identifying with a computing device a top point of the subject in the first digital image;
and
determining with the computing device whether the top point is within the range of permissible locations.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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